Eddie Garcia

Career:Garcia made his first movie, Siete Infantes de Lara in 1949.[1]

He is also known to play the part of Leandro Montemayor, the fictional Philippine President on the television drama series, "Kung Mawawala Ka"
(If Ever You Were Gone), and gave him his first Best Actor in a Drama
Series in the 2002 Star Awards, and is also known for portraying various
roles either the main villain or the lead or supporting character. He
is also known for his trademark humorous lines which he says mostly in
action films or comedy films.[1]

He also played a part as Lolo Carlos (Grandfather Carlos) in the Filipino-American film, The Debut, the Lolo Sinat (Grandfather Sinat) in the film, Deathrow, and even the villainous Judge Valderama in Kapag Puno Na Ang Salop (If the Ganta is Full) and its two sequels, opposite of Fernando Poe, Jr.

He is the only person in the Philippines to be a Hall of Fame
inductee of the FAMAS in three categories: Best Actor, Best Supporting
Actor and Best Director.[1]

He is the only performer in Philippine movie history to win three
consecutive FAMAS Awards: Best Supporting Actor Awards for Taga sa Bato
(1957), Condenado (1958) and Tanikalang Apoy (1959).[1]

He is the most awarded and nominated person in the long history of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences
(FAMAS) Awards. He garnered a total of 34 nominations (13 for Best
Supporting Actor, 10 for Best Actor and 11 for Best Director). Out of
these, he got 6 Best Supporting Actor wins, 5 Best Actor wins and 5 Best
Director wins, 3 Hall of Fame Awards, 1 Lifetime Achievement Award and
the Fernando Poe, Jr. Memorial Award. He was awarded his first FAMAS
Award in 1957 and his last FAMAS, a Hall of Fame for Best Actor, in
2003.

The first actor to be inducted in the FAMAS Best Supporting Actor
Hall of Fame of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences in 1974.

He is also good friends with fellow veteran actors Dolphy and
Fernando Poe Jr. He also personally witnessed the last moment of FPJ.
Earlier that year during the 2004 presidential elections, he and Dolphy
were campaigning alongside FPJ

Eddie
Garcia is a respected and multi-awarded actor and director. A versatile
performer, he can play both lead or contravida roles. In the many
movies he made, one character that always stuck on one’s mind--- a
mischievous fellow named 'Manuel Dakutin' or ‘Manoy.” He is fun and joy
to watch in the many sex-comedy movies he appeared onscreen.

And
it all started with this movie with a naughty title “Batuta ni Drakula”
in 1971 and "Ako ang Nagbayo" in the mid-70s, where probably, the
character 'Manoy' was first introduced.